Cambodian wedding

3POSTS

2 years ago

Hi,

The son of my partner is getting married .

There are quite a bunch of ceremonies. They ask me to dress聽 the classical way for wedding which involved several classical wedding cloths, quite different from ours. Is it an imperative imposed by the monks in the name of the religion聽 or the families traditions ?

My questiion is do I have to follow, which anyway is quite difficult as regrard to the聽 models and the size, or can i dress聽 differently聽 my way ,in a very respectfull way closer to our way in the west?

Does any one have any real clue on that ,

beyond the morality bla bla . Thanks

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hdgh29 Serial expat

318POSTS

2 years ago

Depends on how you feel about being nice to your new relatives. Of course they will want you to accept their traditions, but it's not compulsory.聽 Just do what you feel is comfortable.

Mike CL Active member

72POSTS

2 years ago

"When in Rome, do as the Roman's do". Best I can offer to your question.

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toni345th Contributor

102POSTS

2 years ago

@Georrges Simon

Hi when you marry a foreigner east or west, to not don the traditional dress if required is like telling your bride she can't ware a white wedding dress, a male mostly wares a monkey suit of various types, but this is Cambodia it has long very old traditions and must have respect for parents, you have a choice but your intended partner will expect you to integrate with Khmer life, a starting point is getting married, and respecting the parents, what you do is your choice, but it should really be a joint decision between you and your intended you could cause her deep embarrassment if you where not to ware traditional marriage attire.